Frontlines of Journalism: Off Balance

Jeremy Bowen examines 10 moments in the media that interrogate the role of journalism today. The first episode takes a look at issues of impartiality, and why the truth often does not lie in the middle of two points of view. Featuring journalist Rana Rahimpour, who was born in Iran but left when she was 25 to work for the BBC; former BBC Bureau Chief Milton Nkosi, who grew up under apartheid in South Africa; Emily Bell, Professor at the Columbia University Journalism School; journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot; and CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour